Reception

• Melody Maker
  Melody Maker
  Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
  
  (12/20-27/97, pp. 66–67) - Ranked #18 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."
• NME
  NME
  The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
  
  (12/20-27/97, pp. 78–79) - Ranked #32 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
• Q
  Q (magazine)
  Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
  
  (1/98, p. 114) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
• Spin
  Spin (magazine)
  Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
  
  (1/98, p. 86) - Ranked #6 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year."
• Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #14 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

Track listing

1. "Cowboys" (Barrow, Gibbons) – 4:38
2. "All Mine
   All Mine
   "All Mine" is the second track and first single off Portishead's self-titled second album. It was released as a single, along with "Cowboys", "Only You" and "Over". The music video — based on an 1968 Italian music show and The Outer Limits — featured a little girl singing in front of an...
   
   " – 3:59
3. "Undenied" (Barrow, Gibbons) – 4:18
4. "Half Day Closing" – 3:49
5. "Over
   Over (Portishead song)
   "Over" is the second single of the album Portishead by the trip hop trio of the same name. It was #25 in the UK Charts at the time of its release...
   
   " – 4:00
6. "Humming" – 6:02
7. "Mourning Air" – 4:11
8. "Seven Months" – 4:15
9. "Only You
   Only You (Portishead song)
   "Only You" is a single by Portishead, released in 1998. It was later released in a promotional French language lyrics version.The video to "Only You" was directed by Chris Cunningham, who has also worked with Aphex Twin, Bjork, and Placebo. It involved Beth Gibbons floating in air, and a young boy...
   
   " (Barrow, Gibbons, Utley, Thorne
   Ken Thorne
   Kenneth Thorne is a British-American television and film score composer.- Early life :Thorne was born in East Dereham, a town in the English county of Norfolk. Thorne began his musical career as a pianist with the big bands of England during the 1940s, playing at night clubs and the dance halls...
   
   , Hardson, Stewart
   The Pharcyde
   The Pharcyde are an alternative hip hop group based in South Central Los Angeles. The original four members of the group are Imani , Slimkid3 , Bootie Brown and Fatlip . DJ Mark Luv was the group's first DJ, followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla...
   
   ) – 4:59
10. "Elysium" – 5:54
11. "Western Eyes" – 3:57

• "Only You
  Only You (Portishead song)
  "Only You" is a single by Portishead, released in 1998. It was later released in a promotional French language lyrics version.The video to "Only You" was directed by Chris Cunningham, who has also worked with Aphex Twin, Bjork, and Placebo. It involved Beth Gibbons floating in air, and a young boy...
  
  " samples Ken Thorne
  Ken Thorne
  Kenneth Thorne is a British-American television and film score composer.- Early life :Thorne was born in East Dereham, a town in the English county of Norfolk. Thorne began his musical career as a pianist with the big bands of England during the 1940s, playing at night clubs and the dance halls...
  
   from "Inspector Clouseau
  Inspector Clouseau
  Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a fictional character in Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther series. In most of the films, he was played by Peter Sellers, with one film in which he was played by Alan Arkin and one in which he was played by an uncredited Roger Moore...
  
  " and The Pharcyde
  The Pharcyde
  The Pharcyde are an alternative hip hop group based in South Central Los Angeles. The original four members of the group are Imani , Slimkid3 , Bootie Brown and Fatlip . DJ Mark Luv was the group's first DJ, followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla...
  
   from "She Said".
• "Western Eyes" samples Hookers & Gin from "Sean Atkins Experience". None of these references exist, the sample being created from scratch by the band with the help of Shawn Atkins.

Sales chart performance

External links

• Portishead Info